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THE HISTORY OF NORTHEASTERN
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and recognized leader in experiential learning, renowned for its innovative approach to education. Yet its origins were remarkably humble.
At the end of the 19th century, immigrants and first-generation Americans constituted more than half of Boston’s population. Among the city’s institutions committed to helping newcomers improve their lives, the Boston YMCA stood out as a gathering place where young men attended lectures on literature, history, music, and other subjects considered essential to intellectual growth.
In response to enthusiastic demand for these lectures, the YMCA directors organized the Evening Institute for Young Men in May 1896. Frank Palmer Speare, a well-known teacher and high school principal, was hired as the institute’s director. Two years later, the YMCA established the “Department of Law of the Boston YMCA,” and on October 3, 1898, Robert Gray Dodge taught the first class. This program was an immediate success and marked the birth of Northeastern University. Speare would later remark, “We started with an eraser and two sticks of chalk.”
As demand for additional courses grew, Speare expanded the offerings. In 1909, full-time day colleges began instruction. That same year, the Evening Polytechnic School announced “cooperative engineering courses,” providing students opportunities to apply classroom knowledge in the workplace—the genesis of Northeastern’s signature cooperative education program.
Decades of expansion
The institution continued to grow, establishing the College of Business in 1922. More space was needed. The university acquired the former home of the Boston Red Sox in 1929, and in 1934, the distinguished Boston architectural firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott was awarded the contract to design Richards Hall. Employing what would become a Boston campus signature—white brick—the firm created a neoclassical building. Opened in 1938, Richards Hall became the first structure on the front quadrangle.
As the physical campus expanded, so did academic programs. The addition of the College of Liberal Arts in 1935 signaled the institution’s evolution toward becoming a major university.
When Speare stepped down as president in 1940, Carl Stephens Ell, dean of the College of Engineering, succeeded him. Under Ell’s leadership, Northeastern admitted women to fulltime day programs for the first time.
In the postwar era, Northeastern experienced phenomenal enrollment growth. The university expanded programs to accommodate an increasingly diverse student population. Additional colleges were established in rapid succession: College of Education, 1953; University College, 1960; College of Pharmacy, 1962; College of Nursing, 1964; Boston Bouvé College, 1964; College of Criminal Justice, 1967; and College of Computer Science, 1982.
This expansion required substantial physical growth. When Ell retired in 1959, Asa S. Knowles assumed the presidency. Under his leadership, the university acquired suburban properties in Weston, Nahant, and Burlington, Massachusetts. The Boston campus flourished with new construction, including undergraduate dormitories for the growing residential student population at what had primarily been a commuter campus.
Transforming the Boston campus
Kenneth G. Ryder succeeded Knowles in 1975, bringing unique perspective as someone who had risen from history department faculty member to executive vice president. Under his leadership, the university expanded programs, particularly in arts and humanities, while continuing facilities improvements. Plans for Snell Library were finalized, and the campus was beautified. Northeastern also deepened its commitment to Boston and surrounding neighborhoods.
In 1989, Ryder stepped down as the fourth president of the university. He was succeeded by John A. Curry, Northeastern’s executive vice president and its first alumnus to become president. Under Curry’s direction, the university embarked on a series of ambitious undertakings, including a science and engineering research center, a state-of-the-art classroom building, a recreation complex, and several new undergraduate and graduate programs.
To support these new ventures, Curry led a successful fundraising campaign; his tenure also featured significant institutional restructuring as the university prepared to enter its second century. After four decades of service, Curry retired in 1996, and the trustees elected Richard M. Freeland as the sixth president.
Elevating
experience
A distinguished historian and administrator, President Freeland brought to the university a renewed sense of energy and mission. His initiatives supported his vision of Northeastern as a university that would be student-centered, practice-oriented, and urban. The university developed the West Campus with architecturally acclaimed residence halls and teaching facilities for the health sciences and computer science, and added new spaces to enrich campus life.
When Freeland stepped down in 2006, Joseph E. Aoun, an internationally recognized linguistics scholar, became Northeastern’s seventh president. President Aoun came from the University of Southern California, where he served as dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. He developed an academic plan outlining the university’s vision in several areas: experiential learning, global outreach, use-inspired research, urban engagement, and intellectual life. He significantly expanded global co-op opportunities, and he aligned research with three worldwide imperatives—health, security, and sustainability— emphasizing interdisciplinary solutions.
A rising global profile
Under Aoun’s leadership, Northeastern launched a campus system designed as platforms for lifelong learning aligned with regional economies. The first locations opened in Charlotte, North Carolina (2011), and Seattle (2013); additional campuses followed in Silicon Valley, California (2015), and Toronto (2016).
In 2016, Aoun led development of a new academic plan, Northeastern 2025, a blueprint for transforming the institution into a global university system—featuring networks of learners and innovators— designed to empower people to succeed in this era of unprecedented technological change. The university expanded its global campuses as platforms for learning, research, and industry partnerships. In 2019, Northeastern opened a Vancouver location and acquired New College of the Humanities in London, now officially Northeastern University London, offering undergraduates a unique opportunity to earn a dual U.S./U.K. degree. Later in 2019, Northeastern launched a research campus in Arlington, Virginia, complementing two existing research campuses in Nahant and Burlington, Massachusetts (formed in 1967 and 2012, respectively).
In January 2020, technology entrepreneur David Roux and his wife, Barbara, established the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. The institute focuses on graduate studies and research in fields such as artificial intelligence, digital engineering, and advanced life sciences, amplified by industry partnerships. It was specifically designed to be a model of how higher education can ignite economic development in regions of the country largely bypassed by the innovation economy, setting a new bar for what the global university system could achieve.
Resilience and momentum
The revolutionary vision that inspired Northeastern 2025 infuses the university’s latest academic plan, Experience Unleashed. The plan is designed to deepen the impact of Northeastern’s global network by maximizing the power of experience to understand and solve the world’s interconnected, ever-evolving challenges.
In 2022, the university merged with Mills College in Oakland, California, becoming the first institution with comprehensive residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate students on both U.S. coasts. In 2023, Northeastern opened a Miami campus featuring graduate education and innovation partnerships aligned with South Florida’s economic growth. The following year, the university announced a New York City campus through a merger with Marymount Manhattan College.
Through dedication and vision, Frank Palmer Speare’s “eraser and two sticks of chalk” have evolved into one of the world’s most innovative universities. Our faculty collaborates fluidly with experts across industry, government, and community organizations. Ideas and solutions can be scaled. And our students are empowered to be global citizens, scientists, entrepreneurs, and creators—prepared to make lasting impact wherever they go.
PROGRAM
Processional
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Faculty
Platform Party led by the Convocation Marshal Behnaz Merikhi
Assistant Teaching Professor and Principal Instructor, Informatics Department
National Anthem and Land Acknowledgment
Behnaz Merikhi
Assistant Teaching Professor and Principal Instructor, Informatics Department
Welcome
Nenita Elphick
Associate Dean and Campus Administrator, Northeastern in Toronto
Introduction of Student Speaker
Stephanie Cochrane
Director of Student Services, Northeastern in Toronto
Student Convocation Speaker
Opeyemi Bello, ’26
Class of 2026 Award Presentation
Mike Jackson
Senior Vice Provost, Academic Programs
Introduction of Convocation Speaker
Aliza Lakhani
Managing Director, Global Campuses, and Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern in Toronto
Convocation Address
Neelam Bance
Citation Presentation
Mike Jackson
Senior Vice Provost, Academic Programs
Degrees in Course
Aliza Lakhani
Managing Director, Global Campuses, and Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern in Toronto College of Engineering represented by Omar Badreldin, Program Director and Associate Director, Information Systems Program
College of Science represented by Brent Nelson, Interim Dean College of Professional Studies represented by Adel Zadeh, Director, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern in Toronto
D’Amore-McKim School of Business represented by Nenita Elphick, Associate Dean and Campus Administrator, Northeastern in Toronto
Conferral of Degrees
Mike Jackson
Senior Vice Provost, Academic Programs
Honouring of Graduates
Nenita Elphick
Associate Dean and Campus Administrator, Northeastern in Toronto
Introduction of Alumni Representative
Adel Zadeh
Director, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern in Toronto
Alumni Greeting
Aarushi Sharma, ’25
Class Charge
Aliza Lakhani
Managing Director, Global Campuses, and Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern in Toronto
Recessional
The audience is requested to remain seated during the recessional.
Led by Behnaz Merikhi, Assistant Teaching Professor, Principal Instructor, Informatics Department Platform Party Faculty Graduates
CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Convocation Speaker
Neelam Bance
Neelam Bance is a pharmaceutical industry leader turned health-tech entrepreneur, passionate about unlocking the power of data and precision medicine to improve patient outcomes. With a career spanning more than two decades across the life sciences sector, she has worked extensively on the commercial side of the pharmaceutical industry across multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, mental health, oncology, and neurology. Her work has consistently focused on translating scientific innovation into meaningful impact for patients and healthcare systems.
Neelam completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Toronto and later earned her MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. These experiences helped shape her ability to bridge science, business, and innovation.
Driven by a growing interest in personalized medicine, Neelam transitioned from traditional pharmaceuticals into entrepreneurship, founding MedGeneius, a precision medicine company focused on using pharmacogenomics to guide appropriate medication use. Through this work, she has been a strong advocate for leveraging genetic insights and real-world data to ensure patients receive the right therapy at the right time.
Today, she is advancing ODINsight, a health data sharing initiative designed to enable secure, compliant, and interoperable insights across the healthcare ecosystem. The initiative aims to accelerate research, innovation, and collaboration while ensuring that data can be used responsibly to improve outcomes at scale.
Beyond her professional work, Neelam is deeply committed to building communities that foster collaboration, purpose, and shared progress. Her personal interests closely mirror her professional mission—bringing people together to solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact. She is the president of her neighbourhood association and believes in creating a safe and inclusive place for people to live. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Yellow Brick House, a leading organization supporting women and children fleeing gender-based violence, reflecting her commitment to strengthening communities and supporting those facing vulnerability.
Her passion for contribution and community has led her to become an active and enthusiastic contributor to Northeastern University’s programs, where she values the opportunity to collaborate with students and faculty who are shaping the future of healthcare and innovation.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Master of Science in Cyber-Physical Systems
Stavia Allwood
Sampson Agbai Chuku
Zoher Abbas Bhai Dharnojwala
Emmanuel Frimpong
Donald Chinonso Irebo
Master of Science in Information Systems
Bolatito Akinyemi
Adithya Anand
Kalyani Aray
Nathaniel Ashie
Januarius Kodzo Avorgbedor
Siddharth Jayant Bahekar
Haneesh Raj Banisetti
Midhun Santhosh Chandra
Durga Dhana Sree Chilukuri
Yashaswini Dasari
Jerry Yao Deku
Karen Chialuka Ebo
Chaitanya Sai Gandi
Ibaad Mohammed Hameeduddin
Qi Han
Niralee Hirpara
Yash Jalan
Jincheng Jiang
Obed John Kaburi
Natasha Kiara
Prosper Kofi Legbedze
Yihan Li
Jainil Subhashbhai Malaviya
Ernest Tete Mensah
Shahanaz Shihabudeen
Elikem Tetteh
Ene Tosin
Tanaka Brian Manyara
Issaka Mohammed
Abraham Nkrumah
Prince Caleb Nwaozuru
Reethika Pallam
Kush Hiteshbhai Parmar
Nirjaben Deepakbhai Patel
Nisarg Hasmukhbhai Patel
Imran Khan Pathan
Chitra Periya
Robins Ranjan
Can Rao
Sivagnanam Sakthi Vijay Kumar
Tapaswi Satyapanthi
Harsh Shah
Rachita Shah
Vrinda Vilas Shinde
Soumya Singh
Aniket Tiwari
Yiyang Xu
Xiaotong Yong
Ziyi Zhang
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Master of Professional Studies in Analytics
Regina Ackah
Jehoshaphat Acquah
Eugene Addo-Odei
Isaac Adjei
Akwasi Boakye Adutwum
Samuel Amoah-Gyarteng
Ifeoma Andrew
Casey Eromonsele Anetor-Ebhabha
Prince Ankomah
John Kingsley Arthur
Joash Asamoah
Vijay Kumar Avula
Ashwath Balajee
Haoyu Bao
Neer Chetan Bhanushali
Drashtant Anupamkumar Bhathawala
Augustine Boakye
Nathaniel Brown
Poojhaa Chandrasekaran
Chia-Wei Chen
Chih-Yu Chen
Zhiyuan Chen
Joy Onechojon Danjuma
Solomon Edumadzie
Sai Krishna Elchuri
Michael Frimpong
Jilin Gong
Manav Gupta
Innocent Ineza
Satnam Kaur Jaggi
Surya Devrath Jayakumar
Shivam Mahendrabhai Joshi
Vivek Kabra
Naveen Kamepalli
Divya Teja Kommineni
Ransford Adjei Koranteng
Anandu Krishnan
Ekta Kumari
Deepa Kunjayya
Wing Sang Vincent Leung
Xing Liu
Dhruv Makadia
Yash Mathur
Mohammed Nabeel Saleem
Devendra Narasimha Sai Krishna Reddy
Muppidi
Vikas Reddy Mutukuru
Daniyal Naqvi
Shawn Njoroge
Kofi Aboagye Ntim
Allswell Sam Obeng
George Solomon Obeng
Obianuju Obianefo
Paul Ojenomo
Stephen Okyere
Olasunkanmi Oladele
Ganiyat Omotosho Olushi
Olayinka Onamade
Christopher Onyechege
Oyebola Orojo
Nicholas Osei
Gideon Osei Gyamfi
Kaushal Nilesh Parekh
Phathomnatda Parksuparp
Amit Patel
Devanshi Patel
Disha Bharatbhai Patel
Harsh Amishbhai Patel
Shivam Patel
Mohammad Faizankhan Pathan
Punit Paul
Christopher Crilly Pienaah
Ganya Prakash Reddy
Ayushi Parimalsinh Rathod
Zihua Rong
Venkata Vinay Mahidhar Runku
King David Sambou
Panyin Sersah
Ritik Shah
Aishwarya Shanmugasundaram
Hsiu-Yu Shih
Devang Shirodkar
Chamandeep Singh
Prakhya Singh
Yash Amit Singh
Narasimha Singireddy
Payal Arvindbhai Solanki
Trusha Pradeep Sonawane
Mahalakshmi Srinivasan
Ying Shuo Su
Abubakar Suleiman
Ning Sun
Yanjun Sun
Natalia Raj Surya Tannu
Jhansi Devi Telu
Leo Thachoth Francy
Aditya Nilesh Thakar
Abhishek Rajulkumar Thakkar
Sunil Thirumani
Danielle Thomas
Thu Minh Trinh
Mohammed Ameer Uddin
Muhammad Umer
Hunaynah Faiyazahmed Umerjee
Christopher Umoru
Rahitya Velpuri
Sandra Williams
Shreya Yadav
Frances Chariz Ybio
Kweku Yeboah
Samuel Kwabena Yeboah
Esther Yirenkyi
Qihan Yu
Hao Yun
Jianzhuo Zhang
Wenjing Zhu
Master of Professional Studies in Informatics
Timothy Adewunmi
Francis Adjei
Richard Aggrey
Maryam Aghajantabar Bozroudy
Oluwatosin Akinyemi
Onyedikachi Michael Aniuchi
Nithin Reddy Anumula
Kwabena Duffuor Asante
Kwesi Asefuah
Richard Nana Kwame Appiah Bawa
Asare Bediako
Emmanuel Boakye-Yiadom
Dennis Bofah
Anthony Buamono
Tzuyu Chen
Sowmya Chindam
Priestin Domfeh
Ukamaka Stephanie Eze
Amin Fakhri
Raj Goyani
Yangchen Gu
Reethu Reddy Gundlapally
Ayebatari Harcourt
Yuvakesh Keshaboina
Stavan Kashyapkumar Mehta
Hardik Sanjaykumar Mistry
Usha Rani Nallaparaju
Mohammed Gadafi Nuhu
Chiamaka Nwaigwe
Ucheoma Ogwuma
Shubham Dharmendrabhai Patel
Mahenoor Mohmad Aakil Pathan
Rachit Raj
Jineshkumar Maneshkumar Shah
Param Shah
Priten Nailesh Shah
Sufiyan Shaik
Rahul Sharma
Priya Srivastava
Neeraj Kumar Reddy Thumburu
Daniel Tsado
Patrick Twumasi
Jayanth Kumar Virivada
Manasa Vuyyuru
Jiarui Wang
Chunang Xu
Xianghe Zheng
Jinze Zhu
Master of Science in Project Management
Ashwath Kumar Aananthakumar
Kamesh Aanjne
Charles Ababio
Syed Abdul Haseeb
Daniel Ushie Abubu
Ibadin Abue
Richard Acheampong
Benjamin Acquah
Janet Adanu
Vida Addae
Juliet Addo
Alaba Adeshola Adekojo
Adepeju Adekunle
Theophilus Adeyeye
Ellen Adomakoa Brobbey
Elizabeth Adu
Gabriel Adu Amponsah
Bright Kwasi Adu-Ayim
Kwabena Obeng Adusei
Richard Afriyie Nimako
Sumaiya Shehanaz Afzal Fazihulla Khan
Okwuchukwu Agballa
Nicholina Agboh
Akshay Agrawal
Priyanshu Vijaykumar Agrawal
Felix Asafo Agyei
Manuella Agyei Manu
Ezinne Lilian Ahuekwe
Christian Ajah
Samuel Bukola Ajibade
Janet Akambasi
Amir Akhavan Rahnama
Mohammad Akhlaghi
Cyndy Akita
Glory Elo Akpoiroro
Ighosotu Akpojotor
Melanie Akuamoah Boateng
Vasu Sarat Akula
Rita Aladi
Howard Stephen Amaah Jnr
Joseph Amadi
Emmanuel Amankwah
Doris Eyram Yahan Amengor
Benedict Amevor Dodzi
Gertrude Amoah Mensah
Frank Amoah-Andoh
Ebenezer Ampong
Francis Kenechi Amujiogu
Josephine Amuzu
Chijioke Anakwe
Emmanuella Ohenewah Anaman
Cosmos Anane
Daniel Kumi Anane
Walter Anavheoba
Eric Annan
Francis Annan
Caleb Oboamah Annobil
George Ankrah Kwabena Ansah
Janice Manu Ansah
Richard Ansah
Monil Rameshbhai Ansodariya
Solomon Ansu
Edna Antwi Boasiako
Naomi Appiah
Audrey Appraku
Ernestina Apreku
Grace Efia Ofua Arkoh
Elikplim Artcher
Shadrack Arthur
Douglas Baffour Asamoah
Emmanuel Asante
Kwasi Twum Asante
Sherifatu Ashley
Joana Ashun
Ebenezer Asiedu
Syeda Asmanjum
Prince Kweku Asomaning
Joshua Loverbelt Atiapah
Folasayo Atoyebi
Samuel Junior Atta Boakye
Tanishq Atulkar
Donald Aubin
Raymond Avornyoh
Stephen Asare Awuyah
Elizabeth Ayugbo
Nutifafa Kofi Babanawo
Lawrence Baffour-Akoto
Oluwapelumi Banjo
Opeyemi Bello
Teslim Olatunji Bello
Priscilla Bennah
Kwadwo Berfi
Jaya Shankar Bevara
Muhammad Bilal
Justice Binka
Mohammed Fahim Bismillah Khan
Obed Boahene
Jeffrey Boakye
Bismark Boateng
Ibrahim Agyeibi Boateng
Toluwalase Oluwakorede Bolujoko
Malwin Etornam Bortsi
Jennifer Brako
Philip Bekoe Boahen Brefo
Ernest Brew
Emmanuella Bruce
Emmanuel Buabeng
Dadson Bukro
Manas Chadha
Chantamas Chatraporn
Suman Chauhan
Yinqi Chen
Tristan Jeremy Choa
Kedar Vinaykumar Choksi
Kwasi Cobbinah
Rexford Evans Teye Codjoe
Ngoc Quynh Trang Dam
Daniel Ofosu Danquah
Evangeline Danso
Douglas Darko
David Darkwah
Misagh Darvishi
Hetashvi Devganiya
Isaac Diarrah
Brian Vijay Dias
Richmond Doh
Alexander Nsegym Donkor
Gbenga Duromola
Anthony Selorm Dzakpasu
Frederick Godsway Dzamefe
Van David Hope Dzigba
Jennifer Ekeh
Lilian Eleghasim
Oluwayinka Elias
Anthony Emetonjor
Kingdom Emmanuel
Olayinka Erinle
Cynthia Essel Amoah
Frank Essel Amoah
Benaiah Essilfie
Albert Kweku Essuman
Emma Akosua Essuman
Frances Ezeani
Ayesha Faisal
Funke Fakunle
Sarita Fatehchandani
Prinston Fernandes
Sunday Folorunso
Mungere Gathogo
Kinjal Narendrasinh Gharia
Hemendra Bhupathi Naidu Gidda
Rushil Gupta
Shreya Gupta
Matthew Gyabaah
Bright Gyan
Chrissy Hawkson
Sanduni Hetti Hewage
Zahra Horsalak
Jinjie Hu
Jingjing Huang
Yixuan Huang
Priye Amarachi Ibe
Modupe Ibikunle
Makanjuola David Ibiwoye
Olamide Elizabeth Ibraheem
Rawuf Iddrisu
Zunaira Ijaz
Taofeek Olamide Isiaka
Benjamin Isiekwu
Franca Oghogho Nkem Iweka
Egbuna Jane
Prithvi Vignesh Jawaharlal Nehru
Priyavi Miteshbhai Jayswal
Siqi Jiang
Ishmael Jones
Sarvenaz Kashi Kalhori
Lovenish Kalia
Neha Kant
Shreyash Kapadi
Gomezgani Kasaro
Ishita Kaur
Sukhmani Kaur
Kimia Kazemi Nejad
Aniket Nitin Kelaskar
Niloufar Khoramizadeh
Annette Mubiru Kikobye
Evelyn King Gbeblewu
Victoria Korkor
Zachariah Otoo Korsah
Sandhya Kothandapani
Vivian T L Kpetay
Sella Kporha
Evans Kwakye
George Baffour Kyei
Karen Chung Man Lai
Racheal Naa Lamiley Lamptey
Ololade Laniyan
Pamela Laryea
Jiawen Li
Vanessa Magana
Anjali Maheshwari
Georgina Mamattah
Abinesh Manimaran
Tanaka Mashingaidze
Ene Sule Meche
Carlos Melgarejo Vázquez
Maame Kakraba Mensah
Shankar Mishra
Kelly Mucyo
Mohammed Shoeb Ahmed Mulla
Idayatu Mustapha
Francis Nartey
Samuel Narveh
Jesse Somtochukwu Nathan
Stephanie Ayomide Somoochuckwu
Njoaguani
Matilda Nkansah-Baidoo
Okorie Nnanna
Joseph Nunoo
Oscar Nwankwo
Chidinma Nwigwe
Isaac Nyarko
Rosemary Nana Yaa Nyarko
Kwadwo Nyarkoh
Bright Gyasi Obeng
Stephen Obeng
Isaac Obeng-Aboagye
Esther Oduro Frimpong
Solomon Offei
Francis Ofoe
Bernard Ofori-Atta
Kwabena Kesse Ofosu
Cynthia Akunna Ogbonna
Felix Ogele
Abimbola Ogunbanke
Olumide Ogunyemi
Taiwo Ojo
Daniel Tofunmi Oke
Divnll Okechukwu
Collins Okpako
Victoria Okpe
John Okyere
Olalekan Joseph Olakunle
Barnabas Olamiju
Folakemi Olayinka
Reacheal Ollennu
Alice Olukoya
Oluwatosin Olusanya
Casandra Onwuocha
Chigozie Onyeama
Chinaza Vera Onyekwele
Ufuoma Onyenokwe
Emeka Onyeobia
Abiola Opasina
Benjamin Opoku
Henrietta Oppong
Samuel Oppong Nti
Oliver Orakwute
Patience Ami Osabutey
Osamuyimen Osarenren
Marian Osei
Clement Osei Agyemang
Louisa Oseji
Augustine Osimiri
Linda Otchere
Enock Owusu
Nana Yaw Owusu Afriyie
Mercy Owusu Ansah
John Owusu Boakye
Edith Owusuaa
Aria Paidar
Darshkumar Tarangkumar Patel
Ushi Patel
Vatsal Vijaykumar Patel
Revati Vimal Patel
Kishan Piyushbhai Patel
Pranjali Patil
Temitope Pedro
Chandra Mallika Peruri
Abigail Pinamang
Nizamuddin Pir
Divyasree Popuri
Qiaoshan Qin
Adelaide Quagraine
Abraham Angmor Quarshie
Aaimon Mohammed Tareeque Qureshi
Satyanarayanan Rajasekaran
Habeeb Olaoluwa Raji
Sadhana Raju
Ragha Vasdarini Ramesh
Aminreza Rashidi
Rajesh Chris Harris Harris Rathakrishnan
Funmilayo Roberts
Sumy Roy
Parisa Saadati
Rajalakshmi Sabanathan
Mohamed Ruzeb Saiyed
Oluwatimilehin Sanusi
Richard Osei Sarkodie
Ayoola Sarumi
Eunice Mawutor Sasraku
Ernest Sey
Dhvani Kashyap Shah
Zaheer Ahmed Shaikh
Muhammad Ali Shakeel
Tapan Sharma
Yetunde Shittu
Surakshya Shrestha
Chinyere Stanley-Obi
Sana Subhana
Karpaga Vishalini Subramanian
Ernest Tadaana
Iyabode Taiwo
Khushi Nitinkumar Talia
Ernest Wilson Tay
Himabindu Tetali
Prabhav Thakur
Rupesh Thapa
Minto Thomas
Jodie-Ann Thompson
Juliet Tom-Senibo
Bridget Tukpeyi
Sharang Nandkishor Tulshi
Chibuike Anthony Ubaehirim
Maryrose Onyekachi Udeh
Latifah Usman
Bruno Uzoechi
Jaydeepsinh Bhupatsinh Vaghela
Tanvira Vhora
Sarah Vigbedor
Chuwan Wang
Sihan Wang
Chenhao Xu
Shixin Xu
Esther Yankey
Michael Yankson
Celine Yap
Bismark Yeboah
Bismark Kwame Yeboah
Enock Listowell Yeboah
Kengel Yeboah
Nii Ocquaye Kwabena Yeboah
Thomas Yeboah
Chien-Ho Yeh
Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs
Titilope Adekile
Samuel Adu-Agyei
Jeffery Kwesi Afful
Syeda Afshi
Edna Sarfo Agyei
Jasmine Banu Akbarali
Bharti Akbari
Anas Almaghrabi
Hiba Alnaser
Sai Naga Madhuri Ambati
Shyama Amjith
Vamsi Krishna Chanukya Annavarapu
Louise Appiah
Daniel Gyabaa Apraku
Lusine Arestakesyan
Mabel Asante
Moses Asare
Aditya Ashar
Odinaka Loveth Asogwa
Vennela Atmakuri
Samreet Atwal
Merhawi Awalom
Patel Aysha
Swethaa Balakumar
Divya Bangalore Manjunath
Joshua Yimbilla
Esther Ewurama Yirenkyi
Abdul Rawuf Yousufzay
Haoquan Yu
Pengcheng Zhao
Sushma Preethi Banka
Pragyna Barla
Jinalkumari Ganeshbhai Barodia
Vrushi Hemantkumar Barot
Srivalli Bashyakarla
Fahmida Begum
Zainab Bello
Bindiya Bhanushali
Jahnvibahen Amrishkumar Bhatt
Naila Bhatti
Harshita Bhavsar
Manali Nitinkumar Bhavsar
Thomas Bichu
Anindita Biswas
Kofi Boakye Yiadom
Regina Agyarewaa Boateng
Keerthi Sudha Bojja
Emmanuel Markwei Boye
Lizeth Cerecedo Aguilar
Suneetha Chamarthi
Vandana Chandra
Durgesh Purushottam Chaudhari
Meera Rajendrakumar Chauhan
Vimal Chauhan
Chandrabhansinh Meghrajsinh Chavda
Shubhangini Vikramsinh Chavda
Apporva Chawla
Arundhuti Chowdhury
Annie Vijaykumar Chunawala
Deilin Shanu D Almeida
Sauban Sattar Darbar
Kwabena Darko
Muhammadamir Siddik Deg
Jalpaben Dhandhukiya
Rohit Dheerubhai Dobariya
Karthik Edara
Bianca Christine Endo
Fathima Fasla Faslurrahuman
Arthur Francis
Krisha Mayank Gandhi
Yesha Jayeshkumar Gandhi
Teja Sri Gettam
Priyankkumar Rajeshbhai Gevariya
Madhav Gohel
Peiyao Gong
Hannah Gyimah
Adapa Harika
Natella Isakharova
Feni Sureshbhai Italiya
Akarsha Jagarapu
Vinay Jagdish Jangir
Seema Toufik Suleman Jet
Nikul Dineshbhai Jethwa
Stella Jetty
Harsh Sureshchandra Joshi
Anjali Kadian
Minnu Shaju Kakkassery
Lalitha Kanithi
Rahul Suresh Kanojiya
Yasaswi Kanthamneni
Zainab Karim
Jagruti Bholabhai Kathiriya
Mehakjot Kaur
Navjot Kaur
Parneet Kaur
Amira Khaleel
Ketul Dharmendrabhai Khamar
Jainam Bhikhabhai Khatsuriya
Mehrunnisha Mahamad Kolya
Shailaja Kona
Lin Kong
Vennela Kosaraju
Sneha Keerthi Koyya
Gayathiry Krisnarajah
Priyanshikumari Dharmeshbhai Lad
Hetvi Yogeshkumar Ladhawala
Noaman Mohmedhanif Laher
Shruti Lavekar
Archana Mahajan
Harpalsinh Babusinh Makvana
Krishna Pravinbhai Makwana
Divakar Vinodkumar Mali
Patricia Angelique Mallari
Neha Mathew
Megha
Henna Mehboob
Swapnil Margeshkumar Mehta
Zankhna Dilipkumar Mehta
Shriya Nileshbhai Menpara
Mayur Nareshbhai Mistry
Aayush Tarunkumar Modi
Zeeshan Shareef Mohammed
Lakshmi Sujitha Moru
Naveen Kumar Muppalla
Sneha Priya Murari
Natasha Musonda
Rahulkumar Nai
Janak Rajabhai Nakum
Sai Kumar Neeli
Sai Kiran Neeli
Anjuben Nishad
Owusu Ntim-Sarpong
Chioma Obiohom
Olawunmi Omolabake Odunjo
Johnbosco Okafor
Esther Ebere Oluchukwu
Vanaja Paila
Dhruti Bharatbhai Panchal
Sahista Panchbhaya
Archana Pandey
Shivani Sanjaykumar Pandya
Mayur Hiteshbhai Pansuria
Pinal Navneetkumar Pansuriya
Sunny Dilipbhai Parejiya
Shruti Alpeshkumar Parekh
Anushka kiritsinh Parmar
Meghavi Parmar
Parthsinh Dipaksinh Parmar
Tanvirjah Hanif Parmar
Aesha Maheshkumar Patel
Anjali Patel
Antara Shaileshkumar Patel
Anuj Rameshbhai Patel
Aum Prashantkumar Patel
Bansilkumar Nareshkumar Patel
Chandni Antul Patel
Dharaben Patel
Dhruvi Patel
Fatima Sadiq Abdulgafur Patel
Harini Alkesh Patel
Harsh Patel
Harshkumar Patel
Hemangini Satishkumar Patel
Ishani Bharatbhai Patel
Juhee Rameshbhai Patel
Krupa Divyeshkumar Patel
Mahir Shantilal Patel
Mayuri Bipinchandra Patel
Mayurkumar Jitendrabhai Patel
Mihirkumar Rajanikant Patel
Milli Patel
Monal Patel
Nirali Mukeshbhai Patel
Omkumar Shaileshbhai Patel
Parthvi Patel
Princy Patel
Priyalben Harshil Patel
Ritesh Manilal Patel
Raj Dharmeshkumar Patel
Roshniben Patel
Rucha Rajendrakumar Patel
Rumana Yunus Patel
Rutvik Patel
Shubh Hitendrakumar Patel
Vaidehi Devangbhai Patel
Vraj Kiritbhai Patel
Masarratkhatun Afzalkhan Pathan
Pratiksha Kailas Patil
Priti Ramkumar Patwa
Kaizan Karimbhai Pirani
Daksh Govindbhai Prajapati
Dipangi Suresh Prajapati
Hardik Sureshbhai Prajapati
Jaykumar Sureshbhai Prajapati
Niralkumar Prajapati
Rivaben Utsav Prajapati
Yash Devendrabhai Prajapati
Rajvi Vishal Radadiya
Miduna Rahulan
Poojaben Keyursinh Raj
Vrundaben Devendrasinh Raj
Ashley Ramkissoon
Aarti Rana
Harshdeepsinh Jayrajsinh Rana
Aanchal Rautela
Laleh Safa
Sumaiya Saleem
Mahamad Iqbal Saleh
Vensi Dharmeshbhai Sarang
Utsav Savai
Priyanka Savaliya
Maulik Hareshbhai Savani
Prerona Sen
Vaiharthanan Sethunathan
Heli Harsh Shah
Tirth Ashok Shah
Yagnang Rakeshbhai Shah
Yash Shah
Ramitunnisa Shaik
Reshma Shaik
Sabiha Sulthana Shaik Alla Ul
Aisha Azmatullah Shaikh
Anam Nafees Ahmed Shaikh
Bharti Rudravishalprasad Sharma
Kajal Sharma
Sonali Sharma
Ruoqian Shi
Sangeetha Sina Kamal
Khyati Narendrabhai Solanki
Shreya Ghanshyambhai Soni
Bhairavi Sri Ravichelvan
Amreen Sultana
Shafiya Sultana
Maitry Baldevbhai Sur
Devangi Mitesh Surti
Sanjanaben Prakashbhai Tejani
Siseendhar Reddy Telluri
Shifa Thahseen
Sayma Gulamahmed Thava
Vaishnavi Thirumalaraju
Bichu Thomas
Ravi Shaileshbhai Thumbar
Roshini Thurpati
Baba Sri Vidhya Tulli Milli
Martha Turkson Mills
Joy Unekhoria
Raena Riyaz Ahmed Upadhey
Pravallika Vadranam
Jaimeen Mahendrabhai Vaghela
Sivani Vallabhaneni
Vasavi Vangari
Rohankumar Ishwarbhai Vaniya
Tejash Vaniya
Kiruthika Vanniyar
Devanshi Pratik Vasani
Anjana Vayappurath
Archita Venkatesh
Kishan Hiteshkumar Vyas
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Master of Science in Bioinformatics
Sushma Ankathi
Ehda Dolatabadi
Ainslie Forbes
Busayo Gbenga-Ajose
Riya James
Master of Science in Biotechnology
Abdul Aziz Abdul Mumin
Bernard Acquah-Obeng
David Adigbli
Daniel Agyenim-Boateng
Sima Al Atout
Sam Alyas
Nikhil Roy Anthony
Sarah Ayantola
Bhawanjot Singh Braich
Akanksha Rajkumar Chauhan
Abeer Elmahi
Bashirudeen Essel
Rintheya Ganesan
Arsalan Haque
Raha Jafarpour
Aqib Khan
Fyneface Smart Wofuru
Jialei Xu
Himaja Yabaluri
Lavanya Sneha Yerramatam
Vaidehi Vinod Zod
Paulo Vicente Miguel
Funmilola Oke
Yash Maheshbhai Patel
Neha Singh
Venkata Sai Yogesh Konakandla
Lingesh Kothandapani
Kaylyn Love
Ryan Masney
Ayesha Mim
Ummulfatma Aabidhusen Momin
Kaushal Navadiya
Jacob Okyere
Yemisi Adeniyi Olabisi
Kwame Asamoah Osei
Matthew Osho
Khushi Santoshkumar Parab
Divyanshi Parashar
Anushka Jitendra Patel
Diya Ashwinbhai Patel
Hely Patel
Janvi Patel
Joil Hasmukhbhai Patel
Kanizfatima Hanifbhai Patel
Mishwa Manishbhai Patel
Monali Darshankumar Patel
Nancy Dhirendrakumar Patel
Pujaben Indravadan Patel
Sur Pankajkumar Patel
Preeti
Leen Quqa
Jaimini Mukeshkumar Rathod
Augustina Sangmor
Sonali Saravanan
Pushti Nimesh Shah
Nishant Soni
Khalaavharshene Sridhar
Srikrishna Suryadurga Sunkara
Shreya Suri
Sakshi Tanna
Nirmita Thapa
Almas Mohammadzuber Topia
Pan Wang
Yiding Zhang
CLASS OF 2026 AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Outstanding Global Network Student Award
The Outstanding Global Network Student Award recognizes students pursing master’s or professional doctoral degrees in studies at one of Northeastern’s global campuses and who have excelled in one or more of the following areas: academics, research, leadership, teaching, and real-world impact.
Sandra Ama Kesewaa Williams College of Professional Studies
The Laurel and Scroll 100 Award
Established in 2024, the Laurel and Scroll 100 honors exceptional graduate and professional students in their final year of study across Northeastern’s global campuses. The esteemed recognition, one of the university’s Societies of Distinction, celebrates students whose achievements, leadership, and character reflect the very best of Northeastern.
Nathaniel Ashie College of Engineering
Qi Han College of Engineering
Vanessa Guadalupe Magana College of Professional Studies
Jainil Subhashbhai Malaviya College of Engineering
Paulo Vicente Miguel College of Science
Casandra Chiamaka Onwuocha College of Professional Studies
Sumaiya Saleem College of Professional Studies
UNIVERSITY SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Joseph E. Aoun, President
Beth A. Winkelstein, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Kenneth W. Henderson, Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning
Michael Armini, Senior Vice President for External Affairs
Mary Ludden, Senior Vice President for Global Network and Strategic Initiatives
Diane Nishigaya MacGillivray, Senior Vice President for University Advancement
Thomas Nedell, Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
Mary B. Strother, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
UNIVERSITY DEANS
Gregory Abowd, College of Engineering
Rajesh Aggarwal, Interim, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Jared Auclair, College of Professional Studies
James R. Hackney, School of Law
R. Benjamin Knapp, College of Arts, Media and Design
Beth D. Kochly, Mills College at Northeastern University
Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Brent Nelson, Interim, College of Science
Carmen Sceppa, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Kellee Tsai, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TRUSTEES EMERITI, HONORARY TRUSTEES, AND
CORPORATORS EMERITI
Members of the Board of Trustees
Richard D’Amore, Chair
Edward Galante, Vice Chair
Alan McKim, Vice Chair
Joseph E. Aoun, Ex Officio
Jeffrey Bornstein
Subodh Chanrai
Alice Chinebuah
Jeffrey Clarke
William Conley
Deborah Dunsire
Spencer Fung
Sir Lucian Grainge, CBE
David House
Frances Janis
Chaitanya Kanojia
Amin Khoury
William Lowell
Todd Manganaro
Honorary Trustees
Scott M. Black
Charles K. Gifford
Trustees Emeriti
Barbara C. Alleyne
George D. Behrakis, Vice Chair Emeritus
Margot Botsford
Frederick Brodsky
Frederick L. Brown
Peter B. Cameron
Richard P. Chapman Jr., Vice Chair Emeritus
William J. Cotter
John J. Cullinane
Harry T. Daniels
James Pallotta
Irene Panagopoulos
John Pulichino
Jean Eric Salata
Kathleen Sanborn
Winslow Sargeant
Jeannine Sargent
Maha Shair
Shelley Stewart Jr.
Hemant Taneja
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Christopher Viehbacher
Gregory Waters
Christophe Weber
Lucille R. Zanghi
Susan S. Deitch
Neal F. Finnegan, Chair Emeritus
W. Kevin Fitzgerald
Arnold S. Hiatt
William S. Howard
Venetia Kontogouris
Richard G. Lesser
Diane H. Lupean
Roger M. Marino
Katherine S. McHugh, Vice Chair Emerita
Kathryn M. Nicholson
Arthur A. Pappas
Marcy L. Reed
Ronald L. Rossetti
Ronald Sargent
Carole J. Shapazian, Vice Chair Emerita
Robert J. Shillman
Janet M. Smith
Corporators Emeriti
Salah Al Wazzan
Quincy L. Allen
Tarek As’ad
Robert J. Awkward
Vincent F. Barletta
Richard L. Bready
John F. Burke Jr.
William P. Casey
Lawrence G. Cetrulo
Nassib G. Chamoun
William D. Chin
Steven J. Cody
Timothy J. Connelly
Joseph J. Cronin
Richard J. DeAgazio
Kevin A. DeNuccio
Robin W. Devereux
Robert E. DiCenso
Priscilla H. Douglas
Adriane J. Dudley
Michael J. Egan
Douglas M. Epstein
Joseph D. Feaster Jr.
Louise Firth Campbell
Lisa D. Foster
Francis A. Gicca
Gary R. Gregg
Nancy E. B. Haynes
Charles C. Hewitt III
Roderick Ireland
Mary Kay Leonard
Mark A. Krentzman
Joseph C. Lawler
Sy Sternberg, Chair Emeritus
Jean C. Tempel, Vice Chair Emerita
Alan D. Tobin, Vice Chair Emeritus
Joseph Tucci
Catherine A. White
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo
Michael Zamkow
Ellen M. Zane
M Benjamin Lipman
George A. MacConnell
Susan B. Major
Paul V. McDonough
Thomas P. McDonough
Kathleen McFeeters
Susan A. Morelli
Francis E. Murphy
James Q. Nolan Jr.
Peter J. Ogren
Lawrence A. O’Rourke
Leonard C. Perham
Valerie W. Perlowitz
Steven Picheny
John E. Pritchard
Eugene M. Reppucci Jr.
Rhondella Richardson
Patrick A. Rivelli
David J. Ryan
George P. Sakellaris
Richard A. Schoenfeld
Peter J. Smail
Karen Tay Koh
Gordon O. Thompson
Alexander L. Thorndike
James R. Turner
Mark L. Vachon
Laurie B. Werner
E. Leo Whitworth
Donald K. Williams Jr.
Donald L. Williams
Richard R. Yuse
The Registrar of the university maintains the official list of all graduates. This program is for ceremonial purposes only.